Montana class Battlecruiser
Mark "Indy" Kochte
Tech: Human (FB)
Govt: NAC
Mass: 106
Cost: 356
Clas: Battlecruiser (BCN)
Hull: 31 (Military)
Strm: None
FTL: Std.
MD: 4
Armr: 5
Damg: 31; 8/8/8/7
Crew: 6
Sens: Std.
Systems
1 x Screen
3 x FCS
4 x PDS
1 x Class-3 beam (AP,FP,F)
1 x Class-3 beam (F,FS,AS)
1 x Class-2 beam (All)
1 x Needle Beam (F)
1 x Pulse Torpedo (FP,F,FS)
2 x Class-1 beam (All)
Notes:
[Data note: Cost recalculated from the original "Cost: 358" to "Cost: 356" - ftsrj.js's cost calculator (confirmed accurate against Fleet Book 1's own "Mass and Points Cost Table") doesn't reconcile with this ship's originally declared cost; the original submission's declared cost never matched its own listed components. The bracketed figure is the cost with a standard fighter complement aboard, present only for ships with Fighter Bays.]
In order to provide for independent operations that were below the purview of
BBs, yet would put a CA in over its head, the NAC came up with a non-ammo
using BC design. The MONTANA-Class BCN was created to perform longer-duration
missions. The initial design, shown here, mounts a Needle Beam for disabling
shots. It would be learned through experience that this weapon was little-used
in combat, and many crews grew lax about its upkeep during standard
maintenance periods.
[Data note: Added "(Military)" to the Hull line - this record had no Military/Merchant type suffix at all. Recovered from its declared Crew (6) matching the Military Crew Factor formula (ceil(106/20) = 6), not the Merchant one (ceil(106/50) = 3).]